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Durban - A Tanzanian national accused of threatening one
of President Jacob Zuma's wives is set to plead guilty to crimen injuria, the
Durban Magistrate's Court heard on Thursday.

Steven John Masunga, who had previously been charged with
trying to intimidate Zuma's wife Nompumelelo Ntuli - commonly known as MaNtuli
- appeared briefly in the court before the matter was postponed to 29 April.

Prosecutor Blackie Swart told Magistrate Vanitha Armu
that Masunga would plead guilty to the charge of crimen injuria but the plea
had to be heard in another court and statements had to be obtained.

Masunga originally appeared in the Camperdown
Magistrate's Court after he was arrested in January.

It had been alleged at the time that Masunga had tried to
force MaNtuli to arrange a business meeting for him with Zuma.

However, Masunga had complained that it was MaNtuli who
had threatened him and prompted him to lodge a complaint with KwaZulu-Natal
provincial commissioner Lieutenant General Betty Mmamonnye Ngobeni.

During his bail hearing the court heard from Brigadier
Clifford Marion that Masunga threatened MaNtuli with a claim that Zuma was not
the father of one of her children.

However, Masunga told the court he was arrested only
after he had complained to KwaZulu-Natal's top cop that MaNtuli was threatening
him.

On 17 April, the Camperdown Magistrate's Court was told
that the deputy director of public prosecutions had decided not to proceed with
the intimidation charges but with a charge of crimen injuria.

Crimen injuria is a South African common law crime defined
as injuring, insulting and/or impairing the dignity of a person.

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